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TheWiseTwo: I am thinking about starting another fic soon. It is the life of Rennoc leading up to the opening of The Dark Oracle. If you think this is a good idea or if you want to know when it starts please say so in the review and I will message you when I input it in the system... I don't own pokemon!
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TheWiseTwo: Now onto the chapter 4!
The Dark Oracle
Chapter 4
Day 2, 11:52 p.m.
Ash was sitting on a hill just outside of the encampment. "I mustn't sleep...I don't want another nightmare..." he said to himself.
"Ash?" Ash turned around and saw May. She walked over and put her hand on his shoulder. "You can't sleep either?"
"No..." May could tell that Ash was about to drop at any moment. "Anyway you should go back and try to sleep."
"Okay. Good night Ash." May said as she walked back to camp and entered her tent.
"Why does whoever want to fight me?" A pair of huge eyes opened up behind Ash. The eyes turned blue for a second and Ash fell asleep. Next the eyes turned red and Ash started to have another nightmare. As the eyes shut it laughed, "Haunter..."
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Ash found he was in a room and looking at a group of people of one side and two on the other side. The larger group was dress in armor. Two of the people in front of the group looked like Misty and Drew except a lot older. While on the second side, one wore a black robe without a hood. This person had brown hair with some blond at the top. He was leaning over someone. "You win..." his voice was cold, "I surrender this empire to you all. However there is one thing I want in return..."
"Name it." Misty said.
"Give me..." Ash didn't hear want the man wanted but he saw Misty hand over a few small items. "I shall leave now..." As the man got up he picked up his friend that was laying on the floor and started to walk away. Ash noticed there was an evil grin on his face. It chilled Ash to the bone.
"Hey look at him! He seems pleased! Look at him!" But no matter how hard Ash yelled no one could hear or see Ash.
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Day 3, 8:10 a.m.
Ash awoke on the hill where he had fell asleep. Sweat was dripping down his entire body. "I... so... So strange. I need to go back to camp."
As he got to camp he saw everyone else was already up and getting ready to eat. "Hey Ash where you bee... Wow! You look awful." Brock said as he greeted Ash.
"Just a simple hello would have been great..." Ash responded unenthusiastically. "And three nightmares in a row will that to a guy..."
"Well let's just have breakfast." May said.
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Day 3, 12:13 p.m.
Ash and May were the only ones left in the camp. They sat on a bench lost in thought. Brock and Max had gone out to look for food and firewood.
"Hey Ash?" May started.
"Yeah?"
"I need to tell you something...The one that wants to fight you... His name is Rennoc." Ash's eyes shot open remembering the one nightmare that he had. "We need to leave tonight."
"I never run from a challenge." Ash said while looking at the ground.
"You don't understand!" Ash looked up at her after this outburst. "Rennoc will kill you if he gets the chance. he isn't the same person I once knew. Now he is a cold blooded murderer..."
"Fine we will all leave tonight."
"Thank you, Ash." May said as she got up.
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Day 4, 12:21 a.m.
"Max wake up." May shook Max awake.
"What time is it?" He responded still half asleep.
"Time to leave. Come on Ash and Brock are waiting outside." May said urgently.
The two left the tent and walked over to Ash. "Okay follow me and stay quite." Ash walked into the forest and the other three started to follow.
Max who was now fully awake was filled with questions, "May what's going on? Why are we leaving without the rest of our stuff?"
"Max now is not the time for questions."
As the four saw the edge of the forest about an hour later joy filled May's face, but it was short lived as they saw someone standing between them and the edge of the forest. It was Moira again.
"It seems some naughty little people tried to leave." She sounded rather happy as though she was bored before this. She drew two pokeballs and sent out a blazakin and a charazard. "You won't go any further."
May looked behinder and saw a haunter start to materialize. "Ga... ga... ga... Ghost!
Its eyes had blood lust in them as the haunter started circling them as though thinking 'Fresh blood!'
"I was told to give you your punishment if you tried to leave. That is if you can survive long enough to hear it." As soon as she finished the haunter launched a shadow ball at May.
"Ahh!" May leap out of the way at the last second.
The haunter started to launch shadow balls at a rate of three per second. However it was only using its left hand to fire the shadow balls.
"You see the punishment is simple. You lose one week of the time you were originally given." Moira said as Ash dodged a shadow ball.
"Ash!" Max called while dodging his own share of shadow balls, "He isn't using his right hand. Aim there with your swellow."
"Yeah Swellow is part normal!" Ash realized as he sent out his swellow.
"Swellow!" it screeched.
"Black-Out stop!" the haunter stopped as a second trainer showed up. It was Rennoc.
"Rennoc." May said.
"Hello again. Ash for sending out a pokemon against my haunter you started a double battle. Sent out another pokemon." Rennoc said this as he pulled out another pokeball.
"Go Glalie!" Ash called as his glalie appeared.
"Very well... Go Nightmare!" A second haunter appeared slightly smaller than the last and it had an evil grin on its face. "They like to fight together since they are twins. "Go Black-Out! Use rapid fire!"
"I've never heard of that move before." Ash said stunned.
"It isn't really a move but two moves at the same time." Black-Out rose high in the air and lift both of his hands.
"I thought his right hand was useless?" Max asked.
"No he just can't use Shadow Ball with his right hand." Rennoc answered.
A shadow ball was fired out of his left hand and it picked up speed to three per second. His right hand had a yellow ball of energy in it and fired a powerful zap cannon. This attack also picked up speed.
"Swellow! Glalie! Dodge!" Ash yelled.
"No you don't... Nightmare use Psychic! Hold them in place!"
As Nightmare's eyes glew blue so did the bodies of Swellow and Glalie. The two were immobilized and couldn't move. They took several direct hits by the oncoming barrage of attacks.
Swellow fell leaving the battered Glalie to fight on its own. Ash recalled Swellow as are the rules.
"Nightmare finish this! Use..." Rennoc never finished as he fell on his knees clutching his right arm. "Damn... It..." he said between gasps. "Not... Now... Nightmare return." Night nodded as he returned to his master's pokeball. "Black-Out... I trust... You to... Finish... This how... You see... Fit..." He wobbled to his feet still holding his arm. "I need... To go now..." He disappeared into the trees as he retreated to his sanctuary.
Black-Out fired another shadow ball and knocked out Glalie. He then turned his eyes on Max. He raised both hands and a single shot appeared it looked like a shadow ball but it had electricity running through it. He came down with the ball and launched at the Max's feet.
"Max! Run!" May called out to him.
However Max was paralyzed with fear. The ball landed in front of his feet and expanded when it hit the ground. It expanded to have a radius of six feet in all directions. Max was completely engulfed by the attack. It lasted for a about a minute before the attack receded. Max was nowhere to be found but the ground was scorched. Also on the ground was sometime that filled them with a newfound fear. A charred skeleton in the middle of the ground.
"Haunter!" Black-Out laughed as his eyes glew blue.
May looked back and saw that Moira and her pokemon were gone. She wondered what happened before sleep overtook her.
TheWiseTwo: That is chapter 4.
Rose Red2.0: Two haunters?
TheWiseTwo: Actually they had a sister...But I didn't put her in the story.
TheWiseTwo: Don't forget about the story I mentioned at the beginning of the chapter. It you didn't read that read it now! Now review! Your mother's life depends on it!